Openbravo University Online BFT - Sept 6th 2010 Week3_Material Requirements

Planning - MRP Quizzes

Quiz 1
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Question 1
Which of the statements below are correct: (multiple answers possible)
Choose at least one answer.
a. Material Requirements Planning (MRP) is taking the whole enterprise into account, not
just manufacturing.
b. Material Requirements Planning (MRP) is a plan for the production, and purchase of
components used in making the items in the production schedule.

c. Manufacturing Requirements Planning (MRP) is concerned with manufacturing

materials, but also with the coordination of the entire manufacturing production, including
materials, finance and human relations (e.g. labor capacity)
d. Material Requirements Planning (MRP) is primarily concerned with manufacturing
materials

Finance and human relations are areas that are considered by the Manufacturing Resource
Planning (MRPII).
Correct

Question 2
What are objectives of MRP: (multiple answers possible)
Choose at least one answer.
a. Ensure materials and products are available for production and delivery to customers

b. Plan for sales forecasts.

c. Maintain the lowest possible level of inventory

d. Plan manufacturing activities, delivery schedules and purchasing activities.

All of the above statement are correct.

Correct
Marks for this submission: 1/1. With previous penalties this gives 0.9/1.
Question 3
What is safety stock:
Choose one answer.
a. Storage bins that are near
emergency exits so that
inflammable goods can be
stored there
b. Extra units of inventory
carried as protection against It is the certain level of stock that always should be
possible stockouts carried in your warehouse. As soon as you stock goes
below that level, new products have to be purchased, even
if there is no actual demand for that particular part.

c. Storage bins that occupy

floor space so that delicate
parts can be stored there
d. The minimum amount that
has to be purchased from a
certain Vendor
Correct
Question 4
Which of the below are possible inputs to MRP: (multiple answers possible)
Choose at least one answer.
a. Purchase orders

b. Safety stock

c. Current inventory levels

d. Sales forecast

MRP can be setup to take any of these components into account.

Correct
Question 5
What is purchasing lead time?
Choose one answer.
a. The time that passes between receiving the Purchase part into stock and being able to
ship it to our customer
b. The time that it takes for a vendor to give us a price quote for a purchase part

c. The time that it takes to receive a purchase part into stock

 d. The time that passes between ordering a purchase part and receiving it into stock

Correct
Question 6
What is the possible output of a Manufacturing Plan? (multiple answers possible)
Choose at least one answer.
a. Suggested Material Requirement (Requisition)

b. Suggested Purchase Order

c. Suggested Work Requirement

d. Suggested Sales Order

Work Requirement and Requisition are an output from the Manufacturing Plan. The
Requisition will be input to the Purchase Plan.
Correct
Question 7
What is the possible output of a Purchasing Plan? (multiple answers possible)
Choose at least one answer.
a. Suggested Material
Requirement
b. Actual Purchase
Order
c. Suggested Work
Requirement
d. Suggested
Purchase Order MRP suggests Purchase Orders that need to be generated.
Manual review and intervention is still required to generate the
actual Purchase Orders.
Correct

Quiz 2
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Question 1
The Planning Method is used to indicate...
Choose one answer.
a. the output that is required from a
Manufacturing Plan
b. whether the MRP module is used
for the Material Requirements
 Planning or if the function is disabled
c. the Transaction Types (input) that
are taken into consideration during The Planning method gets assigned to a product
the planning process and specifies all the components that should be
taken into account during the planning of that
particular product)

d. the output that is required from a

Purchase Plan
Correct
Question 2
Which elements need to be configured before using the MRP Module? (multiple answers
possible)
Choose at least one answer.
a. Vendors

b. Planner

c. Sales Forecast

d. Shipping Companies
e. Products

f. Planning Methods

Planner, Planning Method, Products, Vendors and Sales Forecast need to be configured
first before MRP can be fully used.
Correct
Question 3
What does the 'weighting' setup in the Planning Method do?
Choose one answer.
a. It indicates what type of Business
Partner should be taken into account
by MRP
b. It indicates how much
commission will be paid for this
particular product
c. It indicates the unit of measure of
the product
 d. It indicates the percentage of the
quantity for a certain Transaction It is used to either take the exact amount of a
Type that needs to be taken into Transaction Type into account during or MRP
account during the Planning (default:1) or to change the setup and take less (<1)
or more (>1) quantity into account for a certain
Transaction Type
Correct
Question 4
What is a Sales Forecast in Openbravo?
Choose one answer.
a. An overview of Sales history
b. The total of outstanding Sales
Orders for a certain customer
c. The prediction of what needs to
be manufactured In Openbravo the sales forecast is entered in MRP
to indicate what needs to be manufactured.

d. A prediction of future Sales

Correct
Question 5
What is a Safety Lead Time used for?
Choose one answer.
a. To make sure that the customer
will pay a Sales Invoice on time
b. To make sure that the goods will
be in the warehouse on time A safety lead time is a number of days that is used as
a buffer so that products are ordered early in case it
will take longer for the Vendor to ship the products

c. To make sure that a Purchase

Invoice for a vendor is paid on time
d. To make sure that MRP is
executed on time so that the goods
will be in the warehouse on time
Correct
Question 6
What is a Time Horizon?
Choose one answer.
a. The number of days for which the Sales Forecast has
been created
b. The number of days from the Document date that the
system will consider to calculate requirements It is the planning horizon that
MRP will take into account.
 c. The number of days it will take to receive product from
a vendor
d. The number of days it will take to ship products to a
customer
Correct